Originally Posted by fylimar
I watched the end of Halsins romance on Youtube - I didn't find it so bad?
It's not, as if he breaks up with you, he even invites you.
That is a good ending in my book for a romance in BG3

It could be worse right, but there is no reason why Tav shouldn't be able to come with him directly. Let the player decide what they want to do - if they have other plans for Tav, then they can still select the "I will visit you when I have time" option but for those who want it, why not a "I would love to help, let me come with you at once" option.

Even if it wasn't planned but with those options and Halsin not eager to have Tav join him right away it leaves the impression (maybe not to everyone but to me at least) that he is only interested in something superficial, like Tav visiting (but not staying) for sex and then they go again their ways....

The problem, again, is that he isn't only written as a fling and casual sex option but as romance option too. But both paths are mashed together so that it isn't clear what is going on. If he was only meant as fling, then it should be clear from the dialog in game that this is all he wants and Tav can go for it or not. They could even had all origins being ok with him but they decided it would only be ok for Astarion and Shadowheart. Astarion even says that Halsin isn't something serious, so Astarion basically is only ok with sharing Tav because he sees Halsin as a fling. And as other people pointed out, Shadowheard and Astarion are only ok with non origins (like Halsin). This further shows that it is only ok for them if they share when there aren't feelings involved, if it is only about sex and not love.

But now we have Halsin written like a fling but also as a romance option. And have him talking romantically about his stirring heart and so on. This doesn't fit. If he is for sex only, this should be clear and then I wouldn't expect him talking about his feelings like he is totally in love with Tav. And Tav needs to be able to make it clear that it is only for sex too. But right now it feels like Halsin is in love with Tav, but doesn't really want something serious (I am not talking about marriage or commiting on one partner) and the other see Halsin as a fling and Tav can't even really respond and tell Halsin what Tav wants their relationship to be.

I am not poly but from what I understand there are two ways to approach this - one is the open relationship where you love your partner but it is ok to have sex (without feelings) with others and there is the way that people fall in love with other people and are basically having multiple romantic relationships with each other. So basically not just sex, but really being in love, just with multiple people at the same time.

But with Halsin I am missing the seriousness in the relationship - as already mentioned, even if you are married it is possible that your feelings change or you fall in love with someone else. This happens. Halsin can be poly but would still be able to marry and settle down with Tav for as long as they love each other. And if that changes, it changes. He might fall in love with someone else and maybe Tav would even be ok that they all live together. Or they separate. Who knows. But the seriousness that they want to see if it still works after their adventure when the daily routine kicks in is missing - and the option for Tav to accompany Halsin is very important in this regard.
Because Halsin talks about visiting him - and not staying with him (you know, settling down together).

Last edited by Cawyden; 02/09/23 07:18 PM.